Isaiah 24

1 Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.

Here! Yahweh [is] about to lay waste the earth and [is] about to devastate it and he will twist surface its and he will scatter inhabitants its.

2 It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.

And it will be as the people as the priest as the servant as master his as the maidservant as mistress her as the buyer as the seller as the lender as the borrower as the creditor as [the one] who a creditor [is] in him.

3 The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for the LORD has spoken this word.

Certainly - it will be laid waste the earth and certainly - it will be plundered for Yahweh he has spoken the word this.

4 The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.

It has dried up it has withered the earth it has languished it has withered [the] world they have languished [the] noble[s] of [the] people of the earth.

5 The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.

And the earth it has been polluted under inhabitants its for they have transgressed laws they have overstepped [the] decree they have broken [the] covenant of perpetuity.

6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.

There-fore a curse it has consumed [the] earth and they have been held guilty [the] inhabitants in it there-fore they have diminished [the] inhabitants of [the] earth and it will be left humankind of smallness.

7 The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.

It has dried up new wine it has languished [the] vine they have groaned all [the people] joyful of heart.

8 The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.

It has ceased [the] gaiety of tambourines it has stopped [the] uproar of jubilant [people] it has ceased [the] gaiety of [the] harp.

9 They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

With song not people will drink wine it will be bitter strong drink to [those who] drink it.

10 The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

It has been broken [the] town of formlessness it has been shut up every house from entering.

11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.

An outcry on wine [will be] in the streets it has become evening all gladness it has departed [the] gaiety of the earth.

12 The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.

It has remained in the city desolation and ruin it will be crushed [the] gate.

13 For it will be so within the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.

For thus it will be in [the] midst of the earth in among the peoples like [the] beating of an olive tree like gleanings if it has come to an end [the] grape harvest.

14 These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of the LORD. They cry aloud from the sea.

They they will lift up voice their they will shout for joy in [the] majesty of Yahweh they will cry aloud from [the] west.

15 Therefore glorify the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!

There-fore in the east glorify Yahweh in [the] islands of the sea [the] name of Yahweh [the] God of Israel.

16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, “I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!” The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

From [the] extremity of the earth songs we have heard splendor [belongs] to the righteous [one] and I said leanness [belongs] to me leanness [belongs] to me woe! to me [those who] act treacherously they act treacherously and treachery [those who] act treacherously they act treacherously.

17 Fear, the pit, and the snare are on you who inhabit the earth.

Dread and pit and snare [are] on you O inhabitant of the earth.

18 It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

And it will be the [one who] flees from [the] sound of the dread he will fall into the pit and the [one who] goes up from [the] midst of the pit he will be caught in snare for windows from a high place they have been opened and they have shaken [the] foundations of [the] earth.

19 The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.

Utterly it has been broken the earth utterly it has been split through [the] earth certainly it has been shaken [the] earth.

20 The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.

Wildly it will stagger [the] earth like drunkard and it will sway like hut and it will be heavy on it transgression its and it will fall and not it will repeat to rise.

21 It will happen in that day that the LORD will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

And it will be in the day that he will visit [judgment] Yahweh on [the] host of the height in the height[s] and on [the] kings of the earth on the earth.

22 They will be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and will be shut up in the prison; and after many days they will be visited.

And they will be gathered a gathering prisoner[s] to a pit and they will be shut up at a prison and from an abundance of days they will be visited.

23 Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of Armies will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem; and glory will be before his elders.

And it will be abashed the moon and it will be ashamed the sun for he will reign Yahweh of hosts on [the] mountain of Zion and in Jerusalem and before elders his glory.